About this title: This work features the recollections of Benjamin Harris who fought in the British Army's campaign against Napoleon in Spain and Portugal. Harris joined the army in 1802 and later joined the 95th Rifles, a regiment which became the elite of the Army through their expertise with the rifle, their alertness, discipline and regimental pride. The story unfolds from the moment that the diminutive Harris lands in Portugal and marches away in the sun, weighed down by his kit and great coat, his blanket and camp kettle, his haversack rifle, ammunition, ship-biscuit and beef and all the tools and ...
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Description: The Windrush Press, Moreton-in-Marsh, 2000. Paperback., UK EDITION, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, FINE CONDITION, ix, 138 pages, index................................... .............................A reprint of one of the very best personal memoirs by a British private soldier during the Napoleonic Wars and the campaign in the Peninsula. Harris was a rifleman in the elite dark green clad 95th Rifles, made popular by the Sharpes series of novels & movies... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cassell military
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780900075643ISBN:0900075643
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Edition: Cassell Paperback Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cassell, London
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780304367375ISBN:0304367370
Description: Very Good. Used paperback in very good condition. This book is a vivid and entirely authentic impression of what it was like to be a fighting soldier in the Napoleonic Wars. 128 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 14/03/1996
ISBN-13:9780900075643ISBN:0900075643
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Phoenix
Date Published: 15/11/2006
ISBN-13:9780304367375ISBN:0304367370
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Windrush Press
Date Published: 2000-11
ISBN-13:9780900075643ISBN:0900075643
Description: Good. Windrush Press softcover. Light crease on back cover edges. Back cover corner creased. Great Otherwise! Binding tight and square. Interior clean and unmarked. read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780900075643ISBN:0900075643
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Description: We are no longer able to guarantee delivery by Christmas. One of the most popular military books of all time receives a well-deserved new edition for readers young and old. The hero is an ordinary shepherd, a teenager from a small village, who joined the British army in 1802 and fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Rifleman Harris was a natural storyteller with a remarkable tale, and his harrowing escapes from capture and death are all told in this unique view of a soldier's life. ISBN10: 0304367370. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Windrush Press
Date Published: 2000-11
ISBN-13:9780900075643ISBN:0900075643
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